Name:………………………………………..…… GroupA 31.10.2008.
1. How is L. pneumophila transmitted?
respiratory droplets
foodborne
aerosols from contaminated air-conditioning
human to human transmission
2. What does "probiotic" mean?
clinical syndrome of pneumonia
a kind of exotoxin
food ingredients with physiologic effects through the GI tract
medium for Lactobacillus culture
3. The best treatment for a patient with “Legionnaire's disease” is:
penicillin
cephalosporins
erythromycin
d) vancomycin
4. The most important virulence factor of L.monocytogenes is:
liseriolysin O
exotoxin
pyrogenic toxin
pertussis toxin
5. Which statement is true for Lactobacillus ?
antibiotic therapy helps the colonization of Lactobacillus
maintains low pH
production of H2O2 causes epithelium damages
none of the above
6. Among the four presented bacterial species, which one respond to following description: gram-positive rod with β-hemolysis on blood agar and motility, which causes foodborn disease?
Propionibacterium acnes
Lactobacillus
Legionella pneumophila
Listeria monocytogenes
7. Which statement is true for L.monocytogenes ?
limits the concentration of potentially harmful germs in the digestive tract
produces an extracellular toxin which lyses membrane-bound vacuoles of epithelial cells and monocytes
positively affects the immune response by improving the intestinal microbial balance
none of the above
8. Which of the following is the most prevalent microorganism in the oral cavity that may also be protective:
a) Neisseria mucosa
b) Neisseria subflava
c) Lactobacillus sp.
d) Streptococcus mutans
9. A 55-year-old man who is being treated for adenocarcinoma of the lung is admitted to a hospital because of a temperature of 38.9ºC, chest pain and a dry cough. Sputum is collected. Gram stain of the sputum is unremarkable and culture reveals many small, gram-negative rods able to grow only on a charcoal yeast extract agar. This organism most likely is which of the following?
a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b) Legionella pneumophila
c) N. meningitidis
d) S. aureus
10. Legionnaires' disease is most rapidly diagnosed by which one of the following procedures?
a) Cold agglutinin test
b) Culture of respiratory secretions on a charcoal-based nutrient agar
c) Detection of antigen in respiratory secretions
d) Detection of specific antigen in urine
Name:………………………………………..…… GroupB 31.10.2008.
1. How is L. pneumophila transmitted?
a) respiratory droplets
b) foodborne
c) aerosols from contaminated air-conditioning
d) human to human transmission
2. Due to cold growth some fairly common animal fecal bacteria potentially contaminate some deli meats and soft cheeses; therefore, renal transplant patients should only have hot deli sandwiches. What is this causative agent of meningitis in transplant patients ?
S.pneumoniae
L.pneumophila
L.monocytogenes
N.gonorrhoeae
3. A 2-year-old child was admitted to the hospital with acute meningitis. The gram-positive, short rods, and the mother indicated that the child had received “all” of the meningitis vaccinations. What is the most likely cause of the disease?
a) H.influenzae
b) L.monocytogenes
c) Neisseria meningitides
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
4. The Microbiology laboratory has chosen to culture all sputum samples received for Legionellae. Which medium is more likely to recover the organisms ?
cysteine - tellurite agar
buffered charcoal yeast extract agar
brucella agar
potato dextrose agar
5. What does "probiotic" mean?
a) clinical syndrome of pneumonia
b) a kind of exotoxin
c) food ingredients with physiologic effects through the GI tract
d) medium for Lactobacillus culture
6. The best treatment for a patient with “Legionnaire's disease” is:
a) penicillin
b) cephalosporins
c) erythromycin
d) vancomycin
7. The primary virulence mechanism of L.pneumophila is its:
potent cytotoxin that inhibits motility of respiratory cilia
proteases that inflict damage to host tissue
antiphagocytic capsule
ability to induce phagocytosis and survive in the phagosome
8. A major step in the pathogenesis of listeriosis is:
the release of hyaluronidase by L.monocytogenes, which contributes to its dissemination from local sites
the antiphagocytic activity of the L.monocytogenes capsule
the ability of polymorphonuclear leucocytes to phagocytize and destroy L.monocytogenes early in the course of the disease
the survival and multiplication of L.monocytogenes within mononuclear phagocytes and host epithelial cells
9. Which statement is true for Lactobacillus ?
antibiotic therapy helps the colonization of Lactobacillus
limits the concentration of potentially harmful germs in the digestive tract
negatively affects the immune response by improving the intestinal microbial balance
none of the above
10. A 55-year-old man who is being treated for adenocarcinoma of the lung is admitted to a hospital because of a temperature of 38.9ºC, chest pain and a dry cough. Sputum is collected. Gram stain of the sputum is unremarkable and culture reveals many small, gram-negative rods able to grow only on a charcoal yeast extract agar. This organism most likely is which of the following?
a) Streptococcus pneumoniae
b) Legionella pneumophila
c) N. meningitidis
d) S. aureus
Name:………………………………………..…… GroupC 31.10.2008.
1. How is L. pneumophila transmitted?
a) respiratory droplets
b) foodborne
c) aerosols from contaminated air-conditioning
d) human to human transmission
2. Due to cold growth some fairly common animal fecal bacteria potentially contaminate some deli meats and soft cheeses; therefore, renal transplant patients should only have hot deli sandwiches. What is this causative agent of meningitis in transplant patients ?
a) S.pneumoniae
b) L.pneumophila
c) L.monocytogenes
d) N.gonorrhoeae
3. A 2-year-old child was admitted to the hospital with acute meningitis. The gram-positive, short rods, and the mother indicated that the child had received “all” of the meningitis vaccinations. What is the most likely cause of the disease?
a) H.influenzae
b) L.monocytogenes
c) Neisseria meningitides
d) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
4. What does "probiotic" mean?
a) clinical syndrome of pneumonia
b) a kind of exotoxin
c) food ingredients with physiologic effects through the GI tract
d) medium for Lactobacillus culture
5. What organism is most likely responsible for bacterial meningitis in neonates:
S.aureus
L.monocytogenes
C.diphtheriae
d) Lactobacillus sp.
6. A 2-week-year old newborn developed meningitis. Short, gram-positive rods were isolated and identified as Listeria organisms. The mother had eaten unpasteurized cheese from Mexico during the pregnancy and recalled having a flulike illness. Listeria monocytogenes causes a variety of diseases, including food poisoning. Which of the following best describes these microorganism?
flagella are produced both at room temperature and at 37ºC
Listeria are facultative intracellular pathogens
Once infected, the immune system cannot destroy Listeria
d) Listeria cannot be cultivated on artificial media
7. Which statement is true for Lactobacillus ?
a) antibiotic therapy helps the colonization of Lactobacillus
b) maintains low pH
c) production of H2O2 causes epithelium damages
d) none of the above
8. Pneumonia in an older male heavy smoker and drinker. Two of his bar buddies have the same acute onset of pneumonia with severe headache, mental confusion, and diarrhea but no sputum. What is the causative agent is?
L.monocytogenes
L. pneumophila
Enterococcus spp.
d) all of the above
9. Which statement is true for Lactobacillus ?
a) antibiotic therapy helps the colonization of Lactobacillus
b) limits the concentration of potentially harmful germs in the digestive tract
c) negatively affects the immune response by improving the intestinal microbial balance
d) none of the above
10. Legionnaires' disease is most rapidly diagnosed by which one of the following procedures?
a) Cold agglutinin test
b) Culture of respiratory secretions on a charcoal-based nutrient agar
c) Detection of antigen in respiratory secretions
d) Detection of specific antigen in urine